| Re: Novel Word Count
I find it interesting that a lot of people come here and mention aiming for this word count or that word count, and are very specific about it. I have about half a dozen 'serious' projects on the go at the moment (none of them progressing that quickly, but that's for another thread...), and I wouln't be able to put even a ballpark word count estimate on any of them. Granted, some are only very roughly outlined, but I have a couple that are fairly well planned, and even in those cases I couldn't say if it's going to take one hundred thousand words or two hundred thousand words to tell the story. In fact, on a smaller scale, I'm usually surprised by just how many words it takes to tell even a single chpter - I might figure it for two grand, and in the end it will clock in at five.
Perhaps it comes with experience - I'm yet to finish anything greater than novella-length. But I'm curious as to how folks arrive at these targets they quote. |